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All brands post sales increases

BMW Group has posted its best year of sales ever in 2012 with 1,845,186 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars sold, which is 10.6% better than in 2011.  “2012 was a very successful year for us. The BMW Group achieved its best ever sal...

Will debut during Toyota press conference

Toyota is continuing to tease its Furia Concept that it will debut during its press conference at NAIAS on January 14.  The latest image that it released shows the rear of the car including the headlights and rear fender.  Toyota...

Opel saving money by building it with Corsa components

Opel has begun building its Adam sub-compact in Eisenach and already has 16,000 pre-orders. Sales are officially scheduled to begin on January 19.  “This is a special moment for Eisenach and for the entire company. The Adam is bold,...

New S Models boost horsepower even further

The number of new Mercedes that will be in Detroit next week is simply staggering. Not only does the brand plan to give the CLA compact, four-door coupe its world debut, it will be showing the entire new E-Class range, debut the E63 AMG to the wor...

Direct injection, Electric/Hybrid, Turbochargers

In Part 1 of this series we dealt with the type of technologies that you will see advertised on TV from manufacturers like Audi and BMW…in fact, even companies like Porsche now employ stop/start technology as a matter of course. Now we...

Car will come from subscription-free traffic and weather info

In a very odd move, Lexus has released a gallery of images of the new, generation IS that will be revealed at the North American International Auto Show on January 15. However, it has revealed nothing about the specs of the car other than the vehi...

There is a threat of overcapacity in the market

The Russian market has been the major growth region of the European car market in the last several years. It is already the second largest market in Europe for car after Germany. The problem is that investors may be going to far in the market. So ...

French newspaper says sales is possibility

Opel disputes a report in the French newspaper Le Monde indicating that PSA Peugeot-Citroën may buy GM's European subsidiary. This is not the first time that these rumors have happened. Before PSA took a government bailout l...

China Becoming a major market for Peugeot

No surprise here, but Peugeot did not have a good year. Its sales were down 19.6% to 1.7 million cars in 2012. There were some bright spots in its sales. Chinese sales were up 24% over last year. Peugeot sales in all of Europe fell 12.6% in 20...

Plans to build own car for 2015

Drayson Racing has been announced as the first confirmed team in the 2014 Formula E season. Lord Drayson made the announcement at the Low Carbon Racing Conference. Formula E is hoping to have a field of 10 teams for the 2014 season.  Dray...